HOH in Hispanic Culture: Latin America the Most Dangerous Place for a Woman?

[HopeKillCure]

The only thing surprising about this is that there are no Middle Eastern/Arabic countries in the top ten. Like legit befuddled about that

Also really surprised that Japan practices this extreme form of HOH. I mean it's bad enough that their male population is viewed as a bunch of ultra weirdo non-masculine super nerds who have to resort to sex robots in order to get a nut from something other than their hands. But to also have this issue too?

I think it is a stereotype that is easy to throw around. Maybe at 1 point it was true. Arabs continue to be called out for stereotypically being the most violent towards women, when numbers say the most dangerous place in the world for women is in Latin America at the moment

 

[HopeKillCure]

Bu bu but black men are sexist, misogynistic, chauvinistic, & white men of the black community....black men objectify & oppress their women, black men hate black women....threads like this remind me that there is a war on black men, look at these horrific statistics & somehow black men are the face of misogyny & sexism, why isn't their more articles about this?

They can just pick and choose who they want to wage a propaganda war against.

This is dangerous because people run with the misinformation and then end up someplace unsafe based on those opinions. It’s shocking how many people don’t know this is going on.

It’s hardly ever discussed outside of Spanish language speaking forums and Hispanic communities

 

[StarGirl]

Read the articles. They all cover the various struggles and strides. After they explain these factors, they then go on to give you the numbers.

It is not an exaggerated statement. Look at what Latin Americans are writing about this. Look at the various research for this problem. This is not an opinion piece, where you say “ well I think this or that”

Latin America is killing more women because they are women than the Middle East. I’m talking about murder numbers and assault numbers, not no “ you can’t go outside today” numbers of oppression.

12 women killed a day, 2 every hour. It is multiple factors and multiple similarities in the region. In Honduras you can go “well, some women are victims of cartel violence in Honduras” but in Paraguay where the number is 1 woman murdered every 4 hours, what do you say? Cartel again?

The machista culture is have a more negative end result on the survival of women than Islamic law is at the moment. People are talking Islamic law seriously as a threat the women, but seem to want to laugh off a machista culture that is woven into each Latin American country. The murders are more in number and more frequent than the Middle East!

It’s not an opinion.

A little information is a dangerous thing, @HopeKillCure

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Whoa!

Crazy stats. Even worse than MENA.

I think the stat about Europe isn't real. European men shyt on their women more than the average black guy. You just have to be in white areas to see how these cacs beat up their women after drinking and clubbing. Nikkas don't do that.

This is a stealth anti-black thread.

Numbers are about reporting. There is an issue, but it's might be a little more complicated than as presented.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

She looks like the type of chick who would fight you for fighting her man for her.

He still shouldn't have set her on fire.

 

[TRFG]

There's so many of them

 

[Cabbage Patch]

'I was the victim of an acid attack. Now I help other women look in the mirror again.'
Colombia is one of the countries where acid attacks happen most frequently. Gina Potes was one of the first women to denounce this brutal form of violence 20 years ago. Nearly 30 surgeries later, she uses her scars as a tool to help other women who have suffered this type of violence.

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My name is Gina Potes, I am one of the many women survivors of acid attacks in Colombia. I won the first sad spot on that list 20 years ago and, somehow, I was also the first to stand up. On October 28, 1996, they broke into my house: "Who made you so pretty?" They asked. Then they threw a substance on me that burned most of my face, neck, and body.

I was 20 years old. At that moment, life made a 180 degree turn. My dreams and illusions were always in the background, behind the tears, sadness, depression, the desire to die, guilt, remorse, questions.

I considered myself the ugliest woman in the world. I said goodbye to my own face on a daily basis. I saw my deformed chin. I could not open my mouth. The pretty mole I had under my lip was gone. My eyes, although not affected, were not the same. That woman in the mirror was not me. For me there was nothing in this world. Not even God.


They hitting women in the face with Acid. Thought this was only a middle eastern thing

Acid attacks are usually women versus women.

Why would a man ask a woman 'Who made you so pretty' and then just throw acid? That's female shyt. Why is it here, presented without the gender of the attackers?

The worst part is she looks the same, but the before photo is lighter and younger. I see 'em working.

 

[HopeKillCure]

This is a stealth anti-black thread..

Maybe it is anti-black for y’all black moorish Cherokee Hebrew Isrealities.

I don’t share that belief, I’m of proud African descent. Decedents of slaves who fought for freedom from our captors.


This is just information about a non-black community. This is something that people are not familiar with because they don’t speak Spanish and have never lived in Latin America. Sort of like people are unfamiliar with racism in Latin America.

I’m not trying to start anything or stir anything. Would be better if people gave their point of views to the information.

 

[StarGirl]

Acid attacks are usually women versus women.

Why would a man ask a woman 'Who made you so pretty' and then just throw acid? That's female shyt. Why is it here, presented without the gender of the attackers?

The worst part is she looks the same, but the before photo is lighter and younger. I see 'em working.

Bias

 

[HopeKillCure]

Acid attacks are usually women versus women.

Why would a man ask a woman 'Who made you so pretty' and then just throw acid? That's female shyt. Why is it here, presented without the gender of the attackers?

Bias

In 1996, when I first reported my case, I realized that no one knew that these cases existed, but there were more survivors and they seemed alone. Life united us to be reborn from the tragedy. It is there, in community, where you understand that the question is not "why me?" but "why us?”

Some 87% of victims are women and 90% of aggressors are men. They are men from our own family groups, the fathers of our kids, our partners, our friends.

'I was the victim of an acid attack. Now I help other women look in the mirror again.'

 

[HopeKillCure]

She looks like the type of chick who would fight you for fighting her man for her.

He still shouldn't have set her on fire.

That is OD to another level

You set rival gang lords on fire or political dissidents

Man set his girl on fire and called it a crime of passion. He beat her up then lit her on fire because he didn’t want anyone to know he beat her uphe was covering up the beating.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

'I was the victim of an acid attack. Now I help other women look in the mirror again.'

That's a profound level of male gamelessness.

 

[HopeKillCure]

That's a profound level of male gamelessness.

Really thought this was only a Middle East thing. Seems so insane to throw burning acid in someone’s face. The survive has to do so many surgeries just to still look deformed in the end. Real fukked up bytchmade shyte

 

[HopeKillCure]

The machista culture (where men are expected to exhibit an overbearing attitude to anyone in a position perceived as inferior) is has spread across the region. It counters the recognition of women as equals, regarding ability and rights. Women are considered objects, bodies that become property of men who don’t understand the world outside of this machista way of thinking. And neither is it the exception to the rule: it’s a matter of turning the TV on and watching the advertisements.

In addition to transforming the consumer into a dandy, advertisements commonly present women as a simple, secondary object that belongs to the consumer. Just breathing, as a woman in Latin America, is in itself a risk - and at the same time, a struggle. A woman’s ‘inner circle’ is the most dangerous, it is the one committing most of these atrocities against women. All kinds of violence are present: psychological, physical, sexual, moral and patrimonial.

 

[HopeKillCure]

Breaking Silence - Femicide in Latin America | All media content | DW | 02.06.2015

In this short documentary the story is told of a woman who went on a game show ( used to be popular in America for like 2 weeks) with her friends and family where the more truth you tell, gets you more money.

They asked her, “have you ever had sex for money before?” While her boyfriend watched on, she answered yes. Really amazing to watch especially when you know how important that question was for her future.

Her boyfriend later killed her after the taping and airing of the show. This is a common honor killing which is no different from the honor killings in the Islamic world except their is no allah or Quran saying to do it. Instead it is a machista culture demanding she pay the ultimate price.